Tool Maker
| Posting date: | 12 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £22.12 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 June 2025 |
| Location: | Long Eaton, Nottingham |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | AGA Rangemaster |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 146439 |
Summary
Toolmaker
Location: Long Eaton
Hours: 39 hours per week on rotating shifts
Week 1 - Monday – Thursday 6.00am – 2.00pm, Friday 6.00 – 1.00pm
Week 2 - Monday- Thursday 2.00pm – 10.00pm, Friday 1.00pm – 8.00pm
Salary: £22.12 per hour (including shift allowance)
Why join AGA Rangemaster?
At AGA Rangemaster, we pride ourselves on a long-standing reputation for engineering excellence and British craftmanship. As a Toolmaker, you’ll be part of a skilled team, helping to develop and maintain the tooling and equipment that drive the quality of our iconic products.
Inside Our Tool Room
Our in-house tool room gives full control over the servicing and quality of our tooling. Equipped with an impressive range of machinery – HURCO 3 Axis CNC Miller, lathes, pillar drills, Lumsden and surface grinders – we can manufacture complex parts and maintain critical press tooling without relying on external suppliers.
In addition to maintaining existing tooling, our Toolroom team also designs and manufactures bespoke tools, jigs, and fixtures, ensuring precision and reliability in every part of production.
The role
You will be a responsible for the manufacture, maintenance and continuous improvement of production press tooling, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and special purpose machinery.
Key Responsibilities:
• Manufacture and modify tooling, jigs, fixtures, and special-purpose machinery
• Interpret and work from engineering drawings to determine the best manufacturing methods
• Operate a full range of Toolroom machinery (milling, turning, grinding, CNC etc)
• Assemble and disassemble press tools, check tolerances and ensure functional performance
• Diagnose faults and carry out effective repairs
What We’re Looking For:
• Time-served apprentice and NVQ or equivalent in Tool making or Machining
• Strong background in precision engineering and toolroom operations
• Skilled in operating Toolroom machinery (lathes, mills, grinders etc)
• Experience with press tooling, fault diagnosis and tool repair
• Ability to read technical drawings
• CNC experience
• Ability to produce jigs & fixtures
• TIG welding experience desirable or willing to learn
What We Offer:
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Company performance bonus
• Middleby Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Company Sick Pay
• Company discounts
• Free on-site parking
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, call Kelly in the recruitment team on 01952 281942 or email; jobs@middlebycareers.co.uk
Location: Long Eaton
Hours: 39 hours per week on rotating shifts
Week 1 - Monday – Thursday 6.00am – 2.00pm, Friday 6.00 – 1.00pm
Week 2 - Monday- Thursday 2.00pm – 10.00pm, Friday 1.00pm – 8.00pm
Salary: £22.12 per hour (including shift allowance)
Why join AGA Rangemaster?
At AGA Rangemaster, we pride ourselves on a long-standing reputation for engineering excellence and British craftmanship. As a Toolmaker, you’ll be part of a skilled team, helping to develop and maintain the tooling and equipment that drive the quality of our iconic products.
Inside Our Tool Room
Our in-house tool room gives full control over the servicing and quality of our tooling. Equipped with an impressive range of machinery – HURCO 3 Axis CNC Miller, lathes, pillar drills, Lumsden and surface grinders – we can manufacture complex parts and maintain critical press tooling without relying on external suppliers.
In addition to maintaining existing tooling, our Toolroom team also designs and manufactures bespoke tools, jigs, and fixtures, ensuring precision and reliability in every part of production.
The role
You will be a responsible for the manufacture, maintenance and continuous improvement of production press tooling, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and special purpose machinery.
Key Responsibilities:
• Manufacture and modify tooling, jigs, fixtures, and special-purpose machinery
• Interpret and work from engineering drawings to determine the best manufacturing methods
• Operate a full range of Toolroom machinery (milling, turning, grinding, CNC etc)
• Assemble and disassemble press tools, check tolerances and ensure functional performance
• Diagnose faults and carry out effective repairs
What We’re Looking For:
• Time-served apprentice and NVQ or equivalent in Tool making or Machining
• Strong background in precision engineering and toolroom operations
• Skilled in operating Toolroom machinery (lathes, mills, grinders etc)
• Experience with press tooling, fault diagnosis and tool repair
• Ability to read technical drawings
• CNC experience
• Ability to produce jigs & fixtures
• TIG welding experience desirable or willing to learn
What We Offer:
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Company performance bonus
• Middleby Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Company Sick Pay
• Company discounts
• Free on-site parking
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, call Kelly in the recruitment team on 01952 281942 or email; jobs@middlebycareers.co.uk